{"id":73293,"date":"2014-12-11T08:23:54","date_gmt":"2014-12-11T08:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=73293"},"modified":"2014-12-11T08:23:54","modified_gmt":"2014-12-11T08:23:54","slug":"chelseas-mourinho-wary-sharks-champions-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/12\/chelseas-mourinho-wary-sharks-champions-league\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea’s Mourinho wary of ‘sharks’ in Champions League"},"content":{"rendered":"
Jose Mourinho is keen to avoid one of the “sharks in the ocean” awaiting Chelsea in the draw for the last 16 of the Champions League.<\/p>\n
The Blues topped their group with four wins from six games after a 3-1 win against Sporting Lisbon on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Monday’s draw will pair Chelsea against either Juventus, PSG, Basel, Bayer Leverkusen or Shakhtar Donetsk.<\/p>\n
“We don’t fear anybody, but we know there are very good, strong teams in this competition,” Mourinho said.<\/p>\n
“Last year we were close and we didn’t have the team playing at such a high level as we do this season, so we can dream we will do it.<\/p>\n
“But let’s see if the sharks let us, because there are a few sharks in the ocean.”<\/p>\n
While Chelsea have avoided the likes of fellow group-winners Real Madrid and Bayern Munich, French champions Paris St-Germain and Italy’s Serie A-winners, Juventus, finished second in their groups and could prove tricky knockout opponents.<\/p>\n